This year’s Golden Empire Bowl, hosted by Bakersfield College and sponsored by Clifford and Bradford Insurance Agency, didn’t involve the Renegades but did result in a high-scoring game.

BC made the Southern California Regional playoffs as the No. 4 seed and had to travel for its Nov. 20 playoff game against Mt. SAC.

Thus, the Renegades weren’t able to play in the bowl game at Memorial Stadium but played on the same day a few hours later down south.

“We had no control over that,” said BC athletic director Jan Stuebbe, who attended the bowl game and wasn’t able to see the Renegades play. “It’s a shame, actually – this is the first game in 13 years that I’ve missed one of ours.”

In the bowl game, the Fullerton College Hornets beat College of the Canyons Cougars 64-49.

While it didn’t rain during the game, it did a little before. The field was left damp and the sky was overcast creating problems for the events that would have usually taken place during half time.

“It’s a great game,” Stuebbe said of the Fullerton-Canyons contest. “We got a break in the weather. It’s not raining.”

While some fans traveled from out of town to cheer on BC at Mt. SAC, others came to the bowl game for the sake of watching a football game.

A few in the crowd of approximately 250 people who were from Bakersfield said they picked a team to root for by color and had little knowledge of either team.